SINGAPORE’S competition watchdog launched its new consumer protection role on Monday with the announcement of two market studies – on online travel booking and the transfer of personal data. Rising U.S.-China trade tensions are raising alarm bells in ... ( read original story ...)
Mining the cryptocurrency craze as rigs sprout across Singapore
With the digital currency fever taking Singapore by storm, local and foreign companies that host computing “mining rigs” have been popping up over the island within the past six months. Mining rigs – fashioned out of various gaming computing ... ( read original story ...)
SINGAPORE TURF CLUB INTRODUCES NEW FORM OF BETTING
Singapore Turf Club will introduce a new form of betting, Flexi-Quartet, from Wednesday, 11 April 2018. It allows customers the flexibility to decide how much they want to invest for a Quartet bet with multiple combinations. With the introduction of ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s first floating rubbish bin placed at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club
SINGAPORE- A floating rubbish bin that can collect the ocean's trash is now bobbing in the waters of Singapore. Wartsila Corporation, a Global Pilot Partner of the Seabin Project since 2017, is now donating Seabins to different marinas around the world ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Exchange to list Indian equity derivative products in June 2018
The Singapore Exchange on Wednesday said it would list Indian equity derivative products in June, nearly two months after India's three main bourses announced they would stop licensing their indexes to overseas exchanges. The Singapore Exchange on ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore will continue to back China’s economic efforts: PM
Singapore will continue to support China's efforts in its next stage of opening up and in upholding the multilateral trading system, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday at a meeting with Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan. PM Lee said the world ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore: Police arrest 136 suspects in 22-day islandwide anti-vice operation
Singapore police arrested two men and 134 women ... and the six Police Land Divisions. The news release stated that the coordinated raids were conducted at multiple locations islandwide, including condominiums and residential units at Geylang, Tanjong ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore and Hong Kong are winning over start-up accelerators
Start-up accelerators see Asia as a hotbed for technological innovation. Those companies see potential in Singapore and Hong Kong, primarily because of their strong reserves of tech experts. There's a new breed of entrepreneurship programs turning to Asia ... ( read original story ...)
Trade Risks Aside, Singapore Central Bank Is Ready to Tighten
Singapore’s central bank is one step closer to tightening monetary policy this week. A majority of economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict policy makers will look past the latest trade skirmishes between the world’s two largest economies and assess ... ( read original story ...)
Deutsche Bank in Asia: whose jobs are safe, whose aren’t?
Some people at Deutsche in Singapore and Hong Kong are feeling upbeat about the reign of new CEO Christian Sewing. Others are not. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/sg-en/223787/deutsche-bank-strategy-christian-sewing/ Private bankers at Deutsche Bank in ... ( read original story ...)
Should I put my money in a property or stock investment?
This is seven per cent of the property value for the second house, for Singapore citizens (it’s 10 per cent for Permanent Residents, and 15 per cent for foreigners). And even Singapore citizens will pay the full 15 per cent ABSD, on the third and ... ( read original story ...)
Investment properties in Singapore are red hot for Malaysian investors
Malaysians are increasingly looking to Singapore for investment properties. This according to global property consulting firm Knight Frank. Speaking at the launch of the 12th edition of The Wealth Report in Malaysia, Knight Frank Malaysia executive ... ( read original story ...)
Two weekend property launches see keen take-up rates
Savills Singapore research head Alan Cheong noted that the sales ... they may be able to sell their units at expected selling prices," he said. JPMorgan property analyst Brandon Lee said he believes the prices achieved in these new launches "will further ... ( read original story ...)
Press Release: Singapore Airlines to launch new Panasonic NEXT Loyalty
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) today announced the debut of its new airline onboard loyalty platform, called NEXT Loyalty, with Singapore Airlines as launch ... or to pair their mobile device at the seat via the airline app. ( read original story ...)
Ofo to launch trial in Singapore for users to ride and mine cryptocurrency
China’s bike-sharing start-up Ofo is venturing into blockchain technology with plans to launch a rewards system in Singapore where users will receive cryptocurrency tokens for riding. Users can mine Global Sharing Economy (GSE) tokens, issued by GSELab ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore restaurant offers crispy chicken rendang for limited period
A restaurant in Singapore has come up with crispy chicken rendang amid the culinary storm whipped up last week by judges on cooking show MasterChef UK who dared to suggest the existence of such a dish. And before you brush off the creation by Rumah Rasa at ... ( read original story ...)